Al Qadarif climate

Name: Al Qadarif
Address: SD

Al Qadarif is warmest in April, with average highs of 41 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 19 °C. August is the wettest month (131 mm) and January the driest (0.04 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Al Qadarif averages 406 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.

Sudan · population 363,945 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month April 41 °C
Coldest month January 19 °C
Driest month January 0 mm
Wettest month August 131 mm
Least cloud December 15 % cloud
Hottest on record March 45 °C
Coldest on record February 10 °C

What to expectAl Qadarif through the year

Al Qadarif has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 34 °C in January to 41 °C in April, a swing of 7.2 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 365 days a year reach 25 °C, 342 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C, in March.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 131 mm against 0 mm in January — 3,026 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	34.2 °C	under 1 mm	17 %
February	36.4 °C	under 1 mm	18 %
March	38.7 °C	1 mm	20 %
April	40.5 °C	4 mm	24 %
May	39.5 °C	24 mm	38 %
June	37.2 °C	44 mm	49 %
July	33.0 °C	115 mm	65 %
August	30.8 °C	131 mm	71 %
September	33.0 °C	62 mm	51 %
October	35.4 °C	25 mm	36 %
November	36.5 °C	2 mm	16 %
December	34.9 °C	under 1 mm	15 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	34.2 °C	19.1 °C	26.4 °C	40.3 °C	11.3 °C	31	29
February	36.4 °C	20.5 °C	28.3 °C	42.7 °C	10.1 °C	28	28
March	38.7 °C	22.8 °C	30.8 °C	44.7 °C	14.8 °C	31	31
April	40.5 °C	25.7 °C	33.3 °C	44.6 °C	18.6 °C	30	30
May	39.5 °C	26.6 °C	32.9 °C	44.6 °C	21.2 °C	31	31
June	37.2 °C	25.4 °C	30.8 °C	43.0 °C	21.4 °C	30	30
July	33.0 °C	23.3 °C	27.5 °C	40.8 °C	20.5 °C	31	26
August	30.8 °C	22.4 °C	26.1 °C	37.4 °C	19.9 °C	31	20
September	33.0 °C	23.0 °C	27.5 °C	39.9 °C	20.4 °C	30	27
October	35.4 °C	23.8 °C	29.4 °C	41.8 °C	19.8 °C	31	31
November	36.5 °C	23.2 °C	29.8 °C	40.5 °C	15.9 °C	30	30
December	34.9 °C	20.5 °C	27.5 °C	39.8 °C	13.2 °C	31	30

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	under 1 mm	0	11 h/day	17 %	30 %	18 km/h
February	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	18 %	25 %	19 km/h
March	1 mm	0	12 h/day	20 %	19 %	18 km/h
April	4 mm	1	12 h/day	24 %	19 %	18 km/h
May	24 mm	6	13 h/day	38 %	33 %	18 km/h
June	44 mm	9	13 h/day	49 %	49 %	21 km/h
July	115 mm	18	13 h/day	65 %	65 %	21 km/h
August	131 mm	20	13 h/day	71 %	75 %	19 km/h
September	62 mm	12	12 h/day	51 %	69 %	16 km/h
October	25 mm	6	12 h/day	36 %	51 %	14 km/h
November	2 mm	0	11 h/day	16 %	30 %	15 km/h
December	under 1 mm	0	11 h/day	15 %	32 %	17 km/h

How Al Qadarif compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Al Qadarif	41 °C	19 °C	406 mm	365
Singa · Sudan	41 °C	20 °C	335 mm	365
Kassala · Sudan	40 °C	17 °C	170 mm	365
Wad Medani · Sudan	41 °C	18 °C	177 mm	365
Ad-Damazin · Sudan	38 °C	21 °C	506 mm	365
Gonder · Ethiopia	27 °C	11 °C	1,916 mm	123
Kosti · Sudan	41 °C	19 °C	224 mm	365

Where Al Qadarif ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Africa in November	4thof 50	37 °C
The warmest places in the world in November	4thof 50	37 °C
The warmest places in Africa in December	5thof 50	35 °C
The warmest places in the world in December	5thof 50	35 °C
The warmest places in Africa in April	6thof 50	41 °C
The warmest places in the world in April	6thof 50	41 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Al Qadarif.

QuestionsCommon questions about Al Qadarif’s climate

When is the best time to visit Al Qadarif?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, August, September sit closest to 20 °C on average, April is the warmest month and January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Al Qadarif get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 41 °C. About 342 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 19 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Al Qadarif?

August, averaging 131 mm over 20 days with rain. The driest month is January with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 406 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Al Qadarif rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.